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Published 5 Oct 2026, 09:18 BST

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EBCT 472 - Erewash Borough new Local Plan - Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Authority: Erewash Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£100,000≈ £43k / year · £120,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 6 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 10d 12h left
Clarification cut-off 23 Oct 202616:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrs 4 moends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 May 2029 with extensions · starts 7 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Erewash Borough Council (EBC) have now started work on a new Local Plan, which will be produced in conformity with the provisions of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (Aug 2026). The Planning Policy team is currently embarking on developing an appropriate evidence base to ensure that a new Local Plan is able to be finalised and approved over the next 2.5 years, in line with Government expectations that councils can produce a Local Plan within 30 months, once Gateway 1 is passed which is timetabled to occur at the end of October 2026. EBC are now seeking a suitably skilled contractor to manage the production of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) from start to finish, helping to guide the scope and content of the new Local Plan's land-use policies, whilst subjecting the emerging spatial policies to a robust, yet proportionate, framework which advises on the sustainability of options.

The Contract period is 28 months (until the scheduled adoption of the Plan in March 2029 - this could extend out to May 2029 which is the legal deadline for the Plan's adoption) on a retained arrangement, although the contractor will not be expected to be working continuous across this duration.

Full details can be found in the invitation to tender documents

CPV: Environmental impact assessment other than for construction

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrs 4 moSMEVCSEPublished value£100,000
Contract period: 7 Dec 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs 4 mo) · up to 31 May 2029 with extensionsValue: £100,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£86,293/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: The Contract period is 28 months (until the scheduled adoption of the Plan in March 2029 - this could extend out to May 2029 which is the legal deadline for the Plan's adoption) on a retained arrangement, although the contractor will not be expected to be working continuous across this duration.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality
  • Price

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £86,293 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Erewash Borough Council buys Environmental management (CPV 9071), and who usually turns up

Erewash Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Environmental management (CPV 9071) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerErewash Borough Council · all categories
The marketEnvironmental management (CPV 9071) · East Midlands
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 16 of 37 known-size awards · market: CPV 9071 · East Midlands, n=22
43%36%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 23 of 53 known-location awards · market: CPV 9071 · East Midlands, n=31
43%6%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 9071 · East Midlands, n=10
—48 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 48 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 20 of 52 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9071 · East Midlands, n=30
38%30%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer7 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market10 lots with bid counts · CPV 9071 · East Midlands
20% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 20%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
2–314% / 0%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
4–671% / 50%
Buyer: 5 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 10 lots with published bid counts.
7+14% / 30%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer11 lots with estimate and award · all categories
55% below estimate
The market9 lots with estimate and award · CPV 9071 · East Midlands
33% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate55% / 33%
Buyer: 6 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 9 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%18% / 56%
Buyer: 2 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 9 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate27% / 11%
Buyer: 3 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 9 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 907128 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£100k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

3expected bids23% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 9
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid23%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 23%. This is a forecast.
2–328%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 28%. This is a forecast.
4–638%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 38%. This is a forecast.
7+12%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 12%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

Based on 4 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

£94k6% below estimate
4 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£79k–£100k
Half of likely prices fall between £79,151 and £100,000.
Estimate£100k
The buyer published an estimate of £100,000 for this lot.
A 15% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Tetra TechWorked for this buyerEBCT 447 Invitation to tender for Stage 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)notice published Jul 2026——Similar wording and category

Who could compete for this lot?
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Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
1 win in East Midlands12 panel places
£6.7m25 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago9 live · £7.0m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

24% above n=4
4 wins in East Midlands44 panel places
£58m127 awards in 36m · last this month28 live · £38m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

8% below n=26
1 win in East Midlands1 panel places
£132m10 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago5 live · £162m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=10
1 win in East Midlands4 panel places
£1.7m26 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago9 live · £510k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

6% below n=13
1 panel places
£36m10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago2 live · £100k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

31% below n=1
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
5 Oct 2026, 09:18 BST
Last source update
5 Oct 2026, 09:18 BST
Authority reference
EBCT 472
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093613
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental impact assessment other than for construction
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07804e Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

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Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
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Published estimate £100,000 excludes VAT (£120,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 Oct 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published22 days ago
    5 Oct 2026, 09:18 BST
  2. Clarification questions by3 days ago
    23 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 11 days
    6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 41 days
    7 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    5 Oct 2026, 09:18 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Erewash Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJQT-8342-ZMZN Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston, East Midlands, DE7 5RPContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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